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netscaler_service - Manage service configuration in Netscaler

New in version 2.4.0.

Synopsis

  • Manage service configuration in Netscaler.
  • This module allows the creation, deletion and modification of Netscaler services.
  • This module is intended to run either on the ansible control node or a bastion (jumpserver) with access to the actual netscaler instance.
  • This module supports check mode.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • nitro python sdk

Options

parameter required default choices comments
accessdown
 no
Use Layer 2 mode to bridge the packets sent to this service if it is marked as DOWN. If the service is DOWN, and this parameter is disabled, the packets are dropped.
appflowlog
 no
  • enabled
  • disabled
Enable logging of AppFlow information.
cacheable
 no
Use the transparent cache redirection virtual server to forward requests to the cache server.
Note: Do not specify this parameter if you set the Cache Type parameter.
cachetype
 no
  • TRANSPARENT
  • REVERSE
  • FORWARD
Cache type supported by the cache server.
cip
 no
  • enabled
  • disabled
Before forwarding a request to the service, insert an HTTP header with the client's IPv4 or IPv6 address as its value. Used if the server needs the client's IP address for security, accounting, or other purposes, and setting the Use Source IP parameter is not a viable option.
cipheader
 no
Name for the HTTP header whose value must be set to the IP address of the client. Used with the Client IP parameter. If you set the Client IP parameter, and you do not specify a name for the header, the appliance uses the header name specified for the global Client IP Header parameter (the cipHeader parameter in the set ns param CLI command or the Client IP Header parameter in the Configure HTTP Parameters dialog box at System > Settings > Change HTTP parameters). If the global Client IP Header parameter is not specified, the appliance inserts a header with the name "client-ip.".
Minimum length = 1
cka
 no
Enable client keep-alive for the service.
cleartextport
 no
Port to which clear text data must be sent after the appliance decrypts incoming SSL traffic. Applicable to transparent SSL services.
Minimum value = 1
clttimeout
 no
Time, in seconds, after which to terminate an idle client connection.
Minimum value = 0
Maximum value = 31536000
cmp
 no
Enable compression for the service.
comment
 no
Any information about the service.
customserverid
 no None
Unique identifier for the service. Used when the persistency type for the virtual server is set to Custom Server ID.
disabled
 no
  • yes
  • no
When set to yes the service state will be set to DISABLED.
When set to no the service state will be set to ENABLED.
Note that due to limitations of the underlying NITRO API a disabled state change alone does not cause the module result to report a changed status.
dnsprofilename
 no
Name of the DNS profile to be associated with the service. DNS profile properties will applied to the transactions processed by a service. This parameter is valid only for ADNS and ADNS-TCP services.
Minimum length = 1
Maximum length = 127
downstateflush
 no
  • enabled
  • disabled
Flush all active transactions associated with a service whose state transitions from UP to DOWN. Do not enable this option for applications that must complete their transactions.
graceful
 no
Shut down gracefully, not accepting any new connections, and disabling the service when all of its connections are closed.
hashid
 no
A numerical identifier that can be used by hash based load balancing methods. Must be unique for each service.
Minimum value = 1
healthmonitor
 no True
Monitor the health of this service
httpprofilename
 no
Name of the HTTP profile that contains HTTP configuration settings for the service.
Minimum length = 1
Maximum length = 127
ip
 no
IP to assign to the service.
Minimum length = 1
ipaddress
 no
The new IP address of the service.
maxbandwidth
 no
Maximum bandwidth, in Kbps, allocated to the service.
Minimum value = 0
Maximum value = 4294967287
maxclient
 no
Maximum number of simultaneous open connections to the service.
Minimum value = 0
Maximum value = 4294967294
maxreq
 no
Maximum number of requests that can be sent on a persistent connection to the service.
Note: Connection requests beyond this value are rejected.
Minimum value = 0
Maximum value = 65535
monitor_bindings
 no
A list of load balancing monitors to bind to this service.
Each monitor entry is a dictionary which may contain the following options.
Note that if not using the built in monitors they must first be setup.
Dictionary object monitor_bindings
parameter required default choices comments
monitorname
 no
Name of the monitor.
dup_state
 no
  • enabled
  • disabled
State of the monitor.
The state setting for a monitor of a given type affects all monitors of that type.
For example, if an HTTP monitor is enabled, all HTTP monitors on the appliance are (or remain) enabled.
If an HTTP monitor is disabled, all HTTP monitors on the appliance are disabled.
dup_weight
 no
Weight to assign to the binding between the monitor and service.
weight
 no
Weight to assign to the binding between the monitor and service.
monthreshold
 no
Minimum sum of weights of the monitors that are bound to this service. Used to determine whether to mark a service as UP or DOWN.
Minimum value = 0
Maximum value = 65535
name
 no
Name for the service. Must begin with an ASCII alphabetic or underscore _ character, and must contain only ASCII alphanumeric, underscore _, hash #, period ., space , colon :, at @, equals =, and hyphen - characters. Cannot be changed after the service has been created.
Minimum length = 1
netprofile
 no
Network profile to use for the service.
Minimum length = 1
Maximum length = 127
nitro_pass
 yes
The password with which to authenticate to the netscaler node.
nitro_protocol
 no http
  • http
  • https
Which protocol to use when accessing the nitro API objects.
nitro_timeout
 no 310
Time in seconds until a timeout error is thrown when establishing a new session with Netscaler
nitro_user
 yes
The username with which to authenticate to the netscaler node.
nsip
 yes
The ip address of the netscaler appliance where the nitro API calls will be made.
The port can be specified with the colon (:). E.g. 192.168.1.1:555.
pathmonitor
 no
Path monitoring for clustering.
pathmonitorindv
 no
Individual Path monitoring decisions.
port
 no
Port number of the service.
Range 1 - 65535
* in CLI is represented as 65535 in NITRO API
processlocal
 no
  • enabled
  • disabled
By turning on this option packets destined to a service in a cluster will not under go any steering. Turn this option for single packet request response mode or when the upstream device is performing a proper RSS for connection based distribution.
rtspsessionidremap
 no
Enable RTSP session ID mapping for the service.
save_config
 no True
  • yes
  • no
If true the module will save the configuration on the netscaler node if it makes any changes.
The module will not save the configuration on the netscaler node if it made no changes.
serverid
 no
The identifier for the service. This is used when the persistency type is set to Custom Server ID.
servername
 no
Name of the server that hosts the service.
Minimum length = 1
servicetype
 no
  • HTTP
  • FTP
  • TCP
  • UDP
  • SSL
  • SSL_BRIDGE
  • SSL_TCP
  • DTLS
  • NNTP
  • RPCSVR
  • DNS
  • ADNS
  • SNMP
  • RTSP
  • DHCPRA
  • ANY
  • SIP_UDP
  • SIP_TCP
  • SIP_SSL
  • DNS_TCP
  • ADNS_TCP
  • MYSQL
  • MSSQL
  • ORACLE
  • RADIUS
  • RADIUSListener
  • RDP
  • DIAMETER
  • SSL_DIAMETER
  • TFTP
  • SMPP
  • PPTP
  • GRE
  • SYSLOGTCP
  • SYSLOGUDP
  • FIX
  • SSL_FIX
Protocol in which data is exchanged with the service.
sp
 no
Enable surge protection for the service.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
The state of the resource being configured by the module on the netscaler node.
When present the resource will be created if needed and configured according to the module's parameters.
When absent the resource will be deleted from the netscaler node.
svrtimeout
 no
Time, in seconds, after which to terminate an idle server connection.
Minimum value = 0
Maximum value = 31536000
tcpb
 no
Enable TCP buffering for the service.
tcpprofilename
 no
Name of the TCP profile that contains TCP configuration settings for the service.
Minimum length = 1
Maximum length = 127
td
 no
Integer value that uniquely identifies the traffic domain in which you want to configure the entity. If you do not specify an ID, the entity becomes part of the default traffic domain, which has an ID of 0.
Minimum value = 0
Maximum value = 4094
useproxyport
 no
Use the proxy port as the source port when initiating connections with the server. With the NO setting, the client-side connection port is used as the source port for the server-side connection.
Note: This parameter is available only when the Use Source IP (USIP) parameter is set to YES.
usip
 no
Use the client's IP address as the source IP address when initiating a connection to the server. When creating a service, if you do not set this parameter, the service inherits the global Use Source IP setting (available in the enable ns mode and disable ns mode CLI commands, or in the System > Settings > Configure modes > Configure Modes dialog box). However, you can override this setting after you create the service.
validate_certs
 no yes
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Examples

# Monitor monitor-1 must have been already setup

- name: Setup http service
  gather_facts: False
  delegate_to: localhost
  netscaler_service:
    nsip: 172.18.0.2
    nitro_user: nsroot
    nitro_pass: nsroot

    state: present

    name: service-http-1
    servicetype: HTTP
    ipaddress: 10.78.0.1
    port: 80

    monitor_bindings:
      - monitor-1

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
diff
A dictionary with a list of differences between the actual configured object and the configuration specified in the module
 failure dict { 'clttimeout': 'difference. ours: (float) 10.0 other: (float) 20.0' }
loglines
list of logged messages by the module
 always list ['message 1', 'message 2']

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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© 2012–2017 Michael DeHaan
© 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/netscaler_service_module.html